HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1585

Article for which no penalty is specially provided shall be
punished as provided in this section.

178. If during any registration of voters or revision thereof,
or on the day of any general, special or primary election or
during the canvass of votes cast thereat or during any subse-
quent canvass by any board of canvassers, any person shall
cause any breach of the peace, or be guilty of any disorder,
violence or threats of violence whereby any such registration,
revision, election or canvass shall be impeded or hindered or
whereby the lawful proceedings of any officer or board of reg-
istration, or of any judge or clerk, or other officer of such elec-
tion, or challenger or person designated to be present during
the reception or canvass of any ballots, or of any canvassing
board as hereinbefore provided, are interfered with, every such
person shall, upon conviction thereof, be adjudged guilty of
a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by imprisonment in jail
for not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or by a
fine of not less than fifty ($50. 00) dollars nor more than one
thousand ($1, 000. 00) dollars, or by both such fine and im-
prisonment.

179. If any person knowingly or wilfully shall obstruct,
hinder or assault, or by bribery, solicitation or otherwise in-
terfere with any officer of registration, or any judge or clerk
of election or challenger or person designated, as provided in
this Article, to be present at the reception or canvass of any
ballots, in the performance of any duty required by him or
which he may by law be authorized or permitted to perform,
or if any person by any of the means before mentioned or other-
wise unlawfully shall, on any day of registration or revision
of registration or on the day of any general, special or primary
election, hinder or prevent any officer of registration, judge
or clerk of election, challenger or person designated as pro-
vided in this Article, to be present at the reception or can-
vass of ballots, in his free attendance and presence at the place
of registration or revision of registration, or of election in
the election precinct in and for which he is appointed and
designated to serve, or in his full and free access and egress
to and from any such place of registration, revision of regis-
tration or of election, or to and from any room where such
registration, revision of registration or election or canvass of
votes or making of any return and certificates thereof may be
had, or shall molest, interfere with, remove or eject from any
such place of registration or election or of canvassing ballots
cast thereat or of making returns or certificates thereof, any
such officer of registration, judge or clerk of election, challenger
or person designated as provided in this Article to watch the
reception or canvassing of any ballots except as otherwise